Raymond IV d'Antioche, Count of Tripoli

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Raymond IV of Tripoli (died 1199) was the count of Tripoli (1187–1189) and prince regent of Antioch (1193–1194). He was the son of Bohemond III of Antioch and Orgueilleuse d'Harenc.

When Raymond III of Tripoli died in 1187 without heirs, he left his county to Raymond, who was his godson. After two years, Bohemond III desired to keep his heir closer to his Antiochene court and so brought him back and sent his second son, Bohemond IV, as count to Tripoli. After the elder Bohemond was captured by Leo II of Armenia, Raymond acted as regent until his return.

In 1195, Raymond married Alice of Armenia, Leo II's niece, the daughter of Roupen III, to solidify the peace. They had one son, Raymond-Roupen, who fought for his inheritance as the eldest grandson of Bohemond III.

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1. RAYMOND of Antioch (-[May/Jun] 1198). William of Tyre (Continuator) names him as son of Prince Bohémond[241]. The Lignages d'Outremer name "Rimondo e Beimondo" as the two children of "Beimondo…le Begue" and his wife "Orgogliosa, figliola del signor Hurres", stating (incorrectly) that Raymond died without heirs[242]. He is named "Raymundy primogeniti filii Boamundi principis Antiochie" in the charter of his son Raymond Rupen dated Sep 1210[243]. Raymond III Count of Tripoli appointed Raymond as his heir in Tripoli, while insisting that the county should be handed to any member of the family of the Counts of Toulouse who might in the future come to Palestine[244]. He was invested in 1187 as RAYMOND IV Count of Tripoli, with his father acting as ruler during his minority, but Prince Bohémond transferred Tripoli to his second son in 1189[245].

m ([1194/95] as her second husband, ALIX of Armenia, widow of HETHUM [Vasil] of Sassoun Lord of Missis, daughter of RUPEN III Lord of the Mountains [Armenia-Rupenid] & his wife Isabelle of Toron (1182-after 1234). William of Tyre (Continuator) names her "Ysabeau", and gives her father's name when recording her marriage to Raymond[246]. The Lignages d'Outremer name "Aalis et Phelippe" as the two daughters of "Rupin de la Montaigne qui estoit seignor d'Ermenie" & his wife, specifying that Alix was wife of "prince Buemont…frere dou prince Borgne et filluell dou conte de Triple"[247]. Her second marriage was agreed when Henri de Champagne King of Jerusalem negotiated the release of Bohémond III Prince of Antioch from custody with her uncle Lewon II[248]. She succeeded her mother as heiress of Toron. She was sent back to Armenia by her father-in-law after the death of her husband[249]. She claimed the throne of Armenia in 1219, on the death of her uncle King Lewon I, on behalf of her son. She married thirdly (1220) as his second wife, Vahram Lord of Korikos Marshal of Armenia. She was exiled, her son put in prison, and her third husband murdered on the orders of the regent Constantine Lord of Barba'ron and Partzerpert [Hethumid][250]. Count Raymond & his wife had one child: